Stall-holders on Scunthorpe Market are set to be told next week about the future of their businesses.

A meeting has been called by their landlords at North Lincolnshire Council for next Wednesday at the Humber University Technical College in nearby Church Square.

It follows a consultation exercise aiming to "inform the future direction, location and investment for the market" which was undertaken by the council in autumn last year.

The consultation raised fears that the stalls could be moved to an outdoor site and a 20,000-plus name petition was presented to Parliament by the town’s MP Nic Dakin, opposing a relocation of the stalls from the existing 112-year-old site on Market Hill.